Overnight Parking Ban Is Rescinded

This week, the city decided to erase the overnight parking ban for cars and by next month may come full circle and prohibit overnight parking for recreational vehicles.

A survey by police showing about 4,500 passenger vehicles parked on the street overnight spurred the Public Safety Committee to rescind the ordinance Tuesday.

``They`re making a mockery of our law,`` said Ald. Nick Chiropolous.

The committee was about to ban recreational vehicles above an as yet undetermined weight, but decided to wait to give the public more notice. The ban of larger vehicles caused an uproar in the city about five years ago.

The proposed ordinance is aimed at about 12 to 18 trailers that are now parked permanently on the streets.